The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

Burnout vs. Overtraining: Understanding the Invisible Mental Load

Free Cycling Training Assessment What happens when your training numbers say you're doing fine, but mentally, you're struggling to find the motivation to ride? Athlete burnout and overtrai...

2026-10-26

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Rate My Training: A Coach Reviews a 67-Year-Old Gravel Racer

Free Cycling Training Assessment What would a professional cycling coach change about your training if he could see everything you've been doing? In the first episode of RATE MY TRAINING, CTS...

2026-10-20

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The Best and Worst Ways to Spend Money on Cycling Performance

Free Cycling Training Assessment Cyclists can spend an extraordinary amount of money chasing performance. Supplements promise better recovery. Wearables promise better training decisions. Ketones p...

2026-10-12

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Your First Gravel Race: What You Actually Need to Know

Free Cycling Training Assessment Preparing for your first gravel race can quickly become more complicated than it needs to be. What bike do you need? How wide should your tires be? What pressure sh...

2026-10-05

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Should You Trust Your Recovery Score?

Your wearable gives you a recovery score every morning, but how much should that number influence your training? Adam Pulford breaks down the information coaches actually use when evaluating readines...

2026-09-28

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Strength Training That Follows Your Cycling Season

Strength training has a place in a cyclist’s program year-round, but that doesn’t mean doing the same lifts, loads, and routines for 52 weeks. Adam Pulford explains how he periodizes strength trainin...

2026-09-21

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The Five Self-Coached Cycling Mistakes That Keep You Stuck

Self-coaching gives you freedom, but it also makes it remarkably easy to reinforce your own biases. Coach Adam Pulford breaks down five mistakes he repeatedly sees in self-coached cyclists, from avoi...

2026-09-14

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Twenty Coaching Lessons That Make Athletes Better

After 24 years of coaching athletes, Adam Pulford has seen enough training plans, races, breakthroughs, failures, and comebacks to recognize which lessons continue to matter. In this episode, Adam st...

2026-09-07

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The 100-Mile Ride Playbook

A successful 100-mile ride is rarely the result of one thing going exceptionally well. It's what happens when your fitness, fueling, pacing, and execution all come together on the same day. Coac...

2026-08-31

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How to Train Torque Without Just Grinding Bigger Gears

Torque training has become almost synonymous with low-cadence riding. But simply dropping to 60 RPM doesn't guarantee you're producing more force or creating the adaptation you're after...

2026-08-24

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Why Crit Racers Need More FTP Than They Think

Does FTP actually matter for criterium racing? Coach Adam Pulford breaks down why your aerobic engine plays such a big role in an explosive race, how a higher FTP can reduce the cost of repeated atta...

2026-08-17

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Stop Fearing The Recovery Week

Recovery isn't the break between training. Recovery IS training. In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford explains how he structures recovery blocks with everyone from beginners to e...

2026-08-10

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Behind the Scenes Before the Tour with Alison Jackson

Days before the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Coach Adam Pulford caught up with professional cyclist Alison Jackson to talk about the final phase of preparation. From altitude camp in Boulder and...

2026-08-03

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Are Your VO2 Workouts Training The Wrong System

With the Tour de France wrapped up, conversations about Tadej Pogačar's VO2 max are everywhere. But what actually increases VO2 max? In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford breaks ...

2026-07-28

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Fitness Isn't Performance: The Truth About CTL

Cyclists often treat CTL like the ultimate measure of fitness, but that's only part of the story. In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford explains what CTL actually measures, why pe...

2026-07-20

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A Scalable Carb Fueling Plan Based On Effort

Fueling advice has never been more confusing. One expert recommends fasted rides, another says 120 grams of carbs per hour, and every nutrition brand seems to have a different answer. In this episode...

2026-07-13

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A Simple Framework For Raising Cycling FTP

Want to increase your FTP? Many cyclists assume the answer is simple: do more FTP intervals. While that can help, it's only one piece of the puzzle. In this video, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam P...

2026-07-06

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Everything Cyclists Get Wrong About Normalized Power

If you've ever wondered what Normalized Power is actually telling you, this episode is for you! Normalized Power has become one of the most common metrics in cycling, but it's also one of t...

2026-06-29

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The Masters Athlete Playbook

Do masters athletes really need more recovery, or are they simply balancing more life stress and responsibilities? In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford breaks down the realities of tr...

2026-06-22

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Can AI Actually Make You Faster?

AI is rapidly changing nearly every industry, and endurance coaching is no exception. In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford explores where AI can genuinely help athletes improve, where...

2026-06-15

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